Portable IPC Options

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Intro

This page is meant to provide a collection of IPC frameworks and reviews in order to evaluate suitability for use in FlightGear.

Requirements

• GPL compatible license
• C/C++ support
• cross platform
• lightweight (dependencies and messaging overhead)

Frameworks

• google protocol buffers
• dbus
• zeroc ICE

Comparisons / Reviews

• http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/07/12/protobuf
• http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29671
• http://www.4feets.com/2009/08/serializing-data-json-vs-protocol-buffers/
• http://www.unleashnetworks.com/resources/articles/115-analyzing-protobuf-encoding-streams.html
• http://www.dataturbine.org/files/file/WilsonProtocolBuffers.pdf
• http://code.google.com/p/thrift-protobuf-compare/wiki/Benchmarking
• http://stuartsierra.com/2008/07/10/thrift-vs-protocol-buffers